A home health care business owned by former Denver Broncos offensive lineman Ryan Harris has shuttered in the weeks since an employee was charged with stealing tens of thousands of dollars worth of valuables from her vulnerable clients.

“We decided to close Harris Home Health after reviewing what’s best for my family with being in a different city,” Harris told The Denver Post. Another employee said the closure was due to “financial difficulties” unrelated to the June arrest of employee Allicia Baldwin, 22, who police say stole jewelry, laptop computers, iPads and other valuables during her work as a caretaker for Harris’ business.

“It’s unfortunate that in addition to that, a rogue employee violated the integrity and values of Harris Home Health,” Harris said. “We’re working with police, insurance companies and our clients to return any stolen item.”

Baldwin has been charged with felony theft and providing false information to a pawnbroker in both Denver and Douglas counties. Court documents say she stole from four clients in Denver, Castle Rock, Parker and Thornton.

Harris Home Health employed licensed nurses as well as other caregivers to provide a variety of services to elderly or disabled people in their homes. A website for Harris Home Health has been dismantled, but Harris told The Post in 2010 that he started the business because he saw how much his ailing grandmother benefitted from home care.

“I wanted to do something that mattered,” Harris said at the time.

Denver police said Baldwin in May stole iPads, jewelry and a computer from the home of a paraplegic man for whom she was caring. The man’s wife also noticed unusual charges on her credit cards. After the wife filed a police report, a detective in Castle Rock told her he discovered her stolen ring, according to an arrest affidavit.

Castle Rock police were already focused on Baldwin after a company administrator, Nancy Lederos, told detectives that three other Harris Home Health clients had reported jewelry and laptops missing.

One woman, who hired Baldwin after surgery, reported more than $20,000 worth of watches, rings, bracelets and pendants stolen and said unauthorized purchases had been made through her bank account, Castle Rock police wrote in another affidavit. She later discovered some prescription painkillers missing. A third client with a disabled son made similar accusations.

A fourth client in Parker, Joey Domingue, whose 73-year-old mother, Thelma, was in Baldwin’s care, told police that jewelry and a computer were gone after her visits.

Many of the items had been pawned at various shops, whose records police used to link Baldwin to the crimes. Baldwin could not be reached for comment, and court records do not list an attorney.

Domingue said he told the company after noticing a laptop missing within an hour of one of Baldwin’s visits but an administrator discouraged him from reporting it to police.

“They told me they could not suspend her because it was my word against hers,” he said. “She continued to go into homes when there was already a police investigation into her. .. Sure she stole, but the company could have done a lot more.”

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